JW converts - what percentage fall away?

by Double Edge 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • jwfacts
    jwfacts

    Over one million publishers left the Watchtower Society between 1996 and 2005; one third of the number baptised. http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm

    Research done on religious movements in the USA agrees with this figure. Due to highly active proselytising, Witnesses have one of the highest percentages of new members, but this is largely negated by also having the highest rate leaving.

    “The shift is greatest among mainliners, smaller faiths and sects. Jehovah's Witnesses are most "mobile." Accounting for less than 1 percent of American adults, one-third of their members leave the group, and two-fifths join from another religion.” Leadership “Currents Shaping Our World: Switched after Birth” July 1, 2003 http://www.ctlibrary.com/le/2003/summer/19.7.html as displayed on 24th January 2007

  • Double Edge
    Double Edge

    Thanks everyone for your replies.... very interesting.

  • richard
    richard

    The problem is that available statistics on JWs who leave the faith can not differentiate between expulsion (disfellowshipment or disassociation) and cease of activity. The latter may be permanent or temporary, so there may be many who would still call themselves JWs.

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